Theme: Prejudice, outsider, isolation

Question 1

“The Moor”

Answer 1

Derogatory term instead of calling Othello his name

Question 2

“An old black ram…

Answer 2

is tupping your white ewe”

They are derogatory terms to describe Othello, instead of referring to his name they use a general term and even compare him to an animal. Black and white imagery = presenting Othello as ‘other’, an outsider metaphor.

Question 3

For that

Answer 3

“For that I do suspect the lusty Moor/ Hath leapt into my seat”

Iago suspects Othello has been sleeping with his wife, but this is untrue. The adjective “lusty” is used against Othello it could be a stereotype (?) nevertheless uses this to damage Othello’s reputation and to show he is different from the “chaste, well-kept Venetian nobles.”

Question 4

Haply, for

Answer 4

Haply, for I am black…/And have not the soft parts of conversation/That chambers have”

Idea of insecurity of being black especially when he is married to a wealthy white woman and he thinks other are talking about his race and his wife cheating on him

Question 5

Make the
theme: Prejudice, outsider, isolation

Answer 5

Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me
For making him egregiously an ass

Ass is a noun, a word for donkey he is using animal imagery to describe Othello
Repetition of the idea of appreciation to be superior

Question 6

O, the

Answer 6

O, the more angel she, and you the blacker devil

Context: Said by Emilia after Desdemona died

Black and white imagery + Juxtaposition of angel and devil to show the innocence of Desdemona and evilness of Othello